diff --git a/src/cachedfiletree.ts b/src/cachedfiletree.ts
index 39e8d74..c76460e 100644
--- a/src/cachedfiletree.ts
+++ b/src/cachedfiletree.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-import { fileSystemSafeName } from "trutil";
+import { fileSystemSafeName, chainedIterables } from "trutil";
 import type { Torrent, TorrentBase } from "./rpc/torrent";
 import type { PriorityNumberType } from "rpc/transmission";
 
@@ -327,7 +327,31 @@ export class CachedFileTree {
         dir.isSelected = value;
     }
 
+    deselectAllAncestors(entry: Entry) {
+        let parent = entry.parent;
+        while (parent != null) {
+            parent.isSelected = false;
+            parent = parent.parent;
+        }
+    }
+
+    updateAncestorSelectionStates(ancestor: DirEntry) {
+        let dirEntry: DirEntry | undefined = ancestor;
+        while (dirEntry != null && dirEntry !== this.tree) {
+            dirEntry.isSelected = true;
+            for (const child of chainedIterables<Entry>(dirEntry.subdirs.values(), dirEntry.files.values())) {
+                if (!child.isSelected) {
+                    dirEntry.isSelected = false;
+                    this.deselectAllAncestors(dirEntry);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            dirEntry = dirEntry.parent;
+        }
+    }
+
     selectAction({ verb, ids }: { verb: "add" | "set" | "toggle", ids: string[] }) {
+        const affectedParents = new Set<DirEntry>();
         if (verb === "set") {
             this.setSelection(this.tree, false);
         }
@@ -337,6 +361,7 @@ export class CachedFileTree {
                 console.log("What the horse?", id);
                 return;
             }
+            if (entry.parent != null) affectedParents.add(entry.parent);
             if (verb !== "toggle" || !entry.isSelected) {
                 if (isDirEntry(entry)) {
                     this.setSelection(entry, true);
@@ -351,6 +376,7 @@ export class CachedFileTree {
                 }
             }
         });
+        affectedParents.forEach(parent => { this.updateAncestorSelectionStates(parent); });
     }
 
     getSelected(): string[] {
diff --git a/src/components/tables/common.tsx b/src/components/tables/common.tsx
index 7e487de..61bac8d 100644
--- a/src/components/tables/common.tsx
+++ b/src/components/tables/common.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ function useTable<TData>(
         (o: ColumnOrderState) => void,
         ColumnSizingState,
         SortingState,
+        Set<string>,
     ] {
     const config = useContext(ConfigContext);
 
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ function useTable<TData>(
     const [sorting, setSorting] =
         useState<SortingState>(config.getTableSortBy(tablename));
     const [rowSelection, setRowSelection] = useState<RowSelectionState>({});
+    const [rowsWithSelectedDescendants, setRowsWithSelectedDescendants] =
+        useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
 
     useEffect(() => {
         config.setTableColumnVisibility(tablename, columnVisibility);
@@ -122,7 +125,34 @@ function useTable<TData>(
         if (columnOrder.length === 0) setColumnOrder(table.getAllLeafColumns().map((c) => c.id));
     }, [columnOrder, table]);
 
-    return [table, columnVisibility, setColumnVisibility, columnOrder, setColumnOrder, columnSizing, sorting];
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (!table.getCanSomeRowsExpand()) return;
+
+        const newRowsWithSelectedDescendants = new Set<string>();
+
+        const recurse = (row: Row<TData>): boolean => {
+            if (rowSelection[row.id]) return true;
+
+            let hasSelectedDescendant = false;
+            row.subRows.forEach(subrow => {
+                if (recurse(subrow)) {
+                    hasSelectedDescendant = true;
+                }
+            });
+
+            if (hasSelectedDescendant) {
+                newRowsWithSelectedDescendants.add(row.id);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        };
+        table.getCoreRowModel().rows.forEach(recurse);
+
+        setRowsWithSelectedDescendants(newRowsWithSelectedDescendants);
+    }, [table, rowSelection]);
+
+    return [table, columnVisibility, setColumnVisibility, columnOrder, setColumnOrder, columnSizing, sorting, rowsWithSelectedDescendants];
 }
 
 interface HIDEvent {
@@ -263,6 +293,7 @@ export function useRowSelected() {
 function TableRow<TData>(props: {
     row: Row<TData>,
     selected: boolean,
+    descendantSelected: boolean,
     expanded: boolean,
     index: number,
     start: number,
@@ -324,7 +355,7 @@ function TableRow<TData>(props: {
 
     return (
         <div ref={ref}
-            className={`tr${props.selected ? " selected" : ""}`}
+            className={`tr${props.selected ? " selected" : props.descendantSelected ? " descendant-selected" : ""}`}
             style={{ height: `${props.height}px`, transform: `translateY(${props.start}px)` }}
             onClick={onMouseEvent}
             onContextMenu={onMouseEvent}
@@ -472,7 +503,7 @@ export function TrguiTable<TData>(props: {
     onVisibilityChange?: React.Dispatch<VisibilityState>,
     scrollToRow?: { id: string },
 }) {
-    const [table, columnVisibility, setColumnVisibility, columnOrder, setColumnOrder, columnSizing, sorting] =
+    const [table, columnVisibility, setColumnVisibility, columnOrder, setColumnOrder, columnSizing, sorting, rowsWithSelectedDescendants] =
         useTable(props.tablename, props.columns, props.data, props.selected, props.getRowId, props.getSubRows, props.onVisibilityChange);
 
     if (props.tableRef !== undefined) {
@@ -543,6 +574,7 @@ export function TrguiTable<TData>(props: {
                             return <MemoizedTableRow<TData> key={props.getRowId(row.original)} {...{
                                 row,
                                 selected: row.getIsSelected(),
+                                descendantSelected: rowsWithSelectedDescendants.has(row.id),
                                 expanded: row.getIsExpanded(),
                                 index: virtualRow.index,
                                 lastIndex,
diff --git a/src/components/tables/filetreetable.tsx b/src/components/tables/filetreetable.tsx
index 0211ae7..9d4d8a3 100644
--- a/src/components/tables/filetreetable.tsx
+++ b/src/components/tables/filetreetable.tsx
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ interface FileTreeTableProps {
     brief?: boolean,
 }
 
+function entryMatchesSearchTerms(entry: FileDirEntryView, searchTerms: string[]) {
+    const path = entry.fullpath.toLowerCase().substring(entry.fullpath.indexOf("/") + 1);
+    return searchTerms.every(term => path.includes(term));
+}
+
 export function useUnwantedFiles(ft: CachedFileTree, setUpdating: boolean): EntryWantedChangeHandler {
     const changeHandler = useCallback((entryPath: string, state: boolean) => {
         ft.setWanted(entryPath, state, setUpdating);
@@ -172,7 +177,7 @@ export function useUnwantedFiles(ft: CachedFileTree, setUpdating: boolean): Entr
     return changeHandler;
 }
 
-function useSelected(props: FileTreeTableProps) {
+function useSelected(data: FileDirEntryView[], fileTree: CachedFileTree, searchTerms: string[]) {
     const [selected, setSelected] = useReducer((prev: string[], next: string[]) => {
         if (prev.length === next.length) {
             for (let i = 0; i < prev.length; i++) {
@@ -183,26 +188,49 @@ function useSelected(props: FileTreeTableProps) {
         return next;
     }, []);
 
+    const deriveNewSelection = useRef((_: boolean) => [] as string[]);
+    deriveNewSelection.current = useCallback((selectAll: boolean) => {
+        const result: string[] = [];
+        const recurse = (entry: FileDirEntryView) => {
+            if (
+                (selectAll || fileTree.findEntry(entry.fullpath)?.isSelected === true) &&
+                (entry.subrows.length === 0 || entryMatchesSearchTerms(entry, searchTerms))
+            ) {
+                result.push(entry.fullpath);
+                return;
+            }
+            entry.subrows.forEach(recurse);
+        };
+        data.forEach(recurse);
+        return result;
+    }, [data, fileTree, searchTerms]);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (searchTerms.length === 0) return;
+
+        fileTree.selectAction({ verb: "set", ids: deriveNewSelection.current(false) });
+        setSelected(fileTree.getSelected());
+    }, [fileTree, searchTerms]);
+
     const selectAll = useRef(() => { });
     const hk = useHotkeysContext();
 
     selectAll.current = useCallback(() => {
-        const ids = props.data.map((entry) => entry.fullpath);
-        props.fileTree.selectAction({ verb: "set", ids });
-        setSelected(props.fileTree.getSelected());
-    }, [props.data, props.fileTree]);
+        fileTree.selectAction({ verb: "set", ids: deriveNewSelection.current(true) });
+        setSelected(fileTree.getSelected());
+    }, [fileTree]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         return () => { hk.handlers.selectAll = () => { }; };
     }, [hk]);
 
     const selectedReducer = useCallback((action: { verb: "add" | "set" | "toggle", ids: string[], isReset?: boolean }) => {
-        props.fileTree.selectAction(action);
-        setSelected(props.fileTree.getSelected());
+        fileTree.selectAction(action);
+        setSelected(fileTree.getSelected());
         if (action.isReset !== true) {
             hk.handlers.selectAll = () => { selectAll.current?.(); };
         }
-    }, [props.fileTree, hk]);
+    }, [fileTree, hk]);
 
     return { selected, selectedReducer };
 }
@@ -290,12 +318,6 @@ export function FileTreeTable(props: FileTreeTableProps) {
     const getRowId = useCallback((row: FileDirEntryView) => row.fullpath, []);
     const getSubRows = useCallback((row: FileDirEntryView) => row.subrows, []);
 
-    const { selected, selectedReducer } = useSelected(props);
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-        selectedReducer({ verb: "set", ids: [], isReset: true });
-    }, [props.fileTree.torrenthash, selectedReducer]);
-
     const onEntryOpen = useCallback((rowPath: string, reveal: boolean = false) => {
         if (TAURI) {
             if (props.downloadDir === undefined || props.downloadDir === "") return;
@@ -329,24 +351,16 @@ export function FileTreeTable(props: FileTreeTableProps) {
     const data = useMemo(() => {
         if (searchTerms.length === 0) return props.data;
 
-        const matches = (entry: FileDirEntryView) => {
-            let matchesAll = true;
-            const path = entry.fullpath.toLowerCase().substring(entry.fullpath.indexOf("/") + 1);
-            searchTerms.forEach((term) => {
-                if (!path.includes(term)) matchesAll = false;
-            });
-            return matchesAll;
-        };
         const filter = (entries: FileDirEntryView[]) => {
             const result: FileDirEntryView[] = [];
             entries.forEach((entry) => {
                 if (entry.subrows.length > 0) {
                     const copy = { ...entry };
                     copy.subrows = filter(copy.subrows);
-                    if (matches(copy) || copy.subrows.length > 0) {
+                    if (copy.subrows.length > 0 || entryMatchesSearchTerms(copy, searchTerms)) {
                         result.push(copy);
                     }
-                } else if (matches(entry)) {
+                } else if (entryMatchesSearchTerms(entry, searchTerms)) {
                     result.push(entry);
                 }
             });
@@ -361,6 +375,12 @@ export function FileTreeTable(props: FileTreeTableProps) {
         else tableRef.current?.setExpanded(false);
     }, [searchTerms]);
 
+    const { selected, selectedReducer } = useSelected(data, props.fileTree, searchTerms);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        selectedReducer({ verb: "set", ids: [], isReset: true });
+    }, [props.fileTree.torrenthash, selectedReducer]);
+
     const [showFileSearchBox, toggleFileSearchBox] = useReducer((shown: boolean) => {
         const show = !shown;
         if (!show) setSearchTerms([]);
diff --git a/src/css/torrenttable.css b/src/css/torrenttable.css
index 675f9ce..b422353 100644
--- a/src/css/torrenttable.css
+++ b/src/css/torrenttable.css
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@
     box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 9999px rgba(133, 133, 133, 0.1);
 }
 
+.torrent-table .tr.descendant-selected {
+    background-color: rgb(50, 80, 170);
+    color: white;
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 9999px rgba(133, 133, 133, 0.7);
+}
+
+.torrent-table .tr.descendant-selected:nth-child(odd) {
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 9999px rgba(133, 133, 133, 0.8);
+}
+
 .resizer {
     display: block;
     background: rgba(124, 124, 124, 0.4);
diff --git a/src/trutil.ts b/src/trutil.ts
index 565d161..028cdd1 100644
--- a/src/trutil.ts
+++ b/src/trutil.ts
@@ -227,3 +227,7 @@ const badChars = /[<>:"\\/|?*]/g;
 export function fileSystemSafeName(name: string) {
     return name.replace(badChars, "_");
 }
+
+export function * chainedIterables<T>(...iterables: Array<Iterable<T>>) {
+    for (const iterable of iterables) yield * iterable;
+}